001/* 002 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except 005 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 * 007 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 * 009 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License 010 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express 011 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 012 * the License. 013 */ 014 015package com.google.common.base; 016 017import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible; 018import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue; 019import java.lang.ref.WeakReference; 020 021/** 022 * Weak reference with a {@code finalizeReferent()} method which a background thread invokes after 023 * the garbage collector reclaims the referent. This is a simpler alternative to using a {@link 024 * ReferenceQueue}. 025 * 026 * @author Bob Lee 027 * @since 2.0 028 */ 029@GwtIncompatible 030public abstract class FinalizableWeakReference<T> extends WeakReference<T> 031 implements FinalizableReference { 032 /** 033 * Constructs a new finalizable weak reference. 034 * 035 * @param referent to weakly reference 036 * @param queue that should finalize the referent 037 */ 038 protected FinalizableWeakReference(T referent, FinalizableReferenceQueue queue) { 039 super(referent, queue.queue); 040 queue.cleanUp(); 041 } 042}